Coalition Provisional Authority

Events (54)

• April 9, 2003: Fall of Iraqi Government Results in Widespread Looting, $12 Billion Worth Lost 2003-04-09
• April 17, 2003 and After: Coalition Provisional Authority Officially Created; Operates outside US Law 2003-04-17
• May 16, 2003: Bremer Signs ‘De-Baathification’ Edict 2003-05-16
• June 10, 2003: CPA Issues Document Regulating Management of Iraqi Funds 2003-06-10
• June 14, 2003: US Cancels Municipal Elections in Najaf 2003-06-14
• June 23, 2003: CPA Agrees to Pay Stipend to 250,000 Former Iraqi Soldiers 2003-06-23
• July 1, 2003: CPA Awards No-Bid Contract to Custer Battles for Airport Security 2003-07-01
• July 15, 2003: US Begins Payment of Stipends to Former Iraqi Soldiers 2003-07-15
• July 17, 2003: CPA Waives Requirement for Foreign Investors in Telecommunications Industry 2003-07-17
• August 30, 2003: ’Grim’ CIA Situation Report from Baghdad Paints Picture of Effective Insurgency 2003-08-30
• September 8, 2003: Bremer Announces Plan for Iraqi Governance in Washington Post 2003-09-08
• September 17, 2003: Few Reconstruction Projects Said to Employ Iraqis 2003-09-17
• September 19, 2003: US Administrator in Iraq Rewrites Foreign Investment Laws 2003-09-19
• November 6, 2003: Bush Contradicts Congressional Law Protecting Investigations by CPA Inspector General 2003-11-06
• November 15, 2003: New Plan for Iraqi Government Announced 2003-11-15
• December 12, 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $1.5 Billion in Cash 2003-12-12
• Between January 1, 2004 and June 28, 2004: $774,300 in Cash Managed by CPA Disappears from Vault 2004-01-01
• March 30, 2004: CPA Report: Private Security Forces Becoming Largest ‘Private Army’ in History 2004-03-30
• April 20, 2004: CPA Admits Not Having Used Certified Public Accounting Firm to Audit Spending of Iraq Funds 2004-04-20
• April 30, 2004: Marines Withdraw from Fallujah 2004-04-30
• May 14, 2004: Retired General Zinni Recalls that 1998 Plans for Overthrowing Hussein Envisioned Many Problems Encounted by US and Coalition Occupation 2004-05-14
• June 22, 2004: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $2.4 Billion in Cash 2004-06-22
• June 25, 2004: CPA Workers Largely Young, Inexperienced Ideologues Recruited through Conservative Think Tank 2004-06-25
• June 27, 2004: Bremer Extends Immunity to US Troops and Contractors From Iraqi Jurisdiction 2004-06-27
• June 28, 2004: Federal Reserve Rejects CPA Request for Additional Money after Transfer of Power to Iraq Interim Government 2004-06-28
• Shortly Before June 28, 2004: CPA Staff Encouraged to Spend Iraq’s Cash Quickly before Transfer of Power 2004-06-28
• June 28, 2004: CPA Turns over Iraq’s Sovereignty to Interim Government 2004-06-28
• July 19, 2004: White House Withholds Iraq Contract Information, Money Spent Unaccounted For 2004-07-19
• October 25, 2004: Media Learns of Missing Explosives from Al Qaqaa 2004-10-25
• January 30, 2005: Inspector General Finds That $8.8 Billion in Iraqi Funds Handled by CPA Cannot be Accounted for 2005-01-30
• April 2003 and After: CPA Reopens Baghdad Stock Exchange with 24-Year Old American in Charge
• April 2003 and After: Americans Hired by CPA for Political Loyalties, Not Expertise
• May 2004: US Ignores Warnings that Huge Explosives Cache Was Looted
• December 2003 and After: CPA Head Refuses Oversight, Operates on Own Initiative
• Late September 2003: Pentagon Sends Media Analysts on ‘Tour’ of Iraq for Propaganda Purposes
• Late September, 2003: Rice Forms Oversight Group to Keep Tabs on Bremer
• April 2003: US Occupation Authority Doling out Contracts outside Bidding Process
• June 2003: CPA Allegedly Prevents Iraqi Businessman from Starting Telecom Business
• June 2004: IAMB Learns That Oil Metering Equipment is Still Not Installed
• February 2004: Watchdog Informs CPA that Oil Production Goes Unmetered
• October 2003: Contract to Audit CPA’s Expenditures Awarded to Unqualified Firm
• June 2004: Only 15,000 Iraqis Employed in Reconstruction Projects
• May 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $179.3 Million in Cash
• May 2004: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $1 Billion in Cash
• April 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $20 Million in Cash
• July 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $391.2 Million in Cash
• September 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $400.0 Million in Cash
• October 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $464.0 Million in Cash
• June 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $465.9 Million in Cash
• November 2003: Federal Reserve Sends CPA $500 Million in Cash